Japan.- Nobuharu (Isono) Nagasaki Miyage, first edition, Edo, Matsugoro

Japan.- Nobuharu (Isono) Nagasaki Miyage, first edition, 2 single-page woodblock illustrations and 14 double-page illustrations with accompanying text, stitch bound, soiling and spotting to text and illustrations but remaining generally clean and bright, original wrappers with paper label, surface creasing and staining, some worm holes to upper recto, in slip-case, 8vo, Edo, Matsugoro Ishigami, 1847. *** Fascinating Edo period "Souvenir" guide to the city of Nagasaki, with depictions of the manners of Dutch and Chinese traders, city landscapes as well as an elephant. An interesting volume on the opening up of Japan to trade and Western practices.

Estimate:£600

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